WYCHBOLD'S recently opened telegraph office was doing good business. In the three weeks since it opened some 100 messages had passed through. This was good news for Dodderhill Parish Council which had guaranteed to underwrite any loss.

FARMER Arthur Griffin, from East Lodge Farm, Breakback, Bromsgrove, had not been slow to advertise that his herd of cows were the first in the district to be inoculated against the killer disease tuberculosis. He made deliveries twice daily to households in Bromsgrove.

A VERY serious accident happened on the main road between Wychbold and Droitwich Spa. Mr Crumpton, of the Boat Inn, Stoke Works, along with a passenger, was driving his float when it collided with the four-in-hand Star coach from Worcester. Both were flung from the float, Mr Crumpton sustaining serious injuries. A woman passenger in the coach was also injured. The horse bolted and the float then collided with a coal cart on Rashwood Hill before swinging round and striking Bourne's cab coming from Droitwich. Mr and Mrs Wall, the occupants from Wychbold, suffered severe contusions and were knocked unconscious. Mrs Wall had glass splinters in her eyes. The cab was wrecked but the driver was only slightly injured.

A SAD case of a sudden death occurred on Tuesday when Edward Wheeler, a market gardener, from Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, dropped down dead as he was about to enjoy a drink in the Hundred House pub. He was 87. Mr Wheeler had 12 children, 11 of whom survived him. Two of his grandchildren had died in the Boer War.

A FINE of 2/6 (12.5p) plus 9/6 costs (47.5p) was imposed on Emily Banner, of Worcester Street, Bromsgrove, when she appeared in front of town magistrates charged with using obscene language in High Street. She uttered the foul oaths within earshot of PC Corbett, from Stourbridge, who was on holiday in Bromsgrove and in plain clothes at the time.